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During World War II, a German machine gun reshaped how infantry battles were fought and remembered. This film tells the story of the MG42, a weapon whose sound, firepower, and design left a lasting ...
We were pinned down at one stage on the side of a hill by a German mortar nest and were losing a lot of men - they were being wounded and killed. The officer in charge of the operation was also killed ...
This is my war story - as written for my three grandchildren. I was 19 years old when I was called up for National Service - it was April 1940. I was sent to a camp near Sheffield for the RASC where I ...
An 1870s cannon was recently unearthed at Hastings Park during excavations for an ampitheatre. Courtesy James Calhoun, Seaforth Highlanders Museum. They’ve found more old military guns buried deep in ...
A soldier’s bible from more than 100 years ago still bears the scars of war – two bullet holes from where it “took the brunt” of a German machine-gun attack. Private Leslie Friston, who served with ...
They’ve found more old military guns buried deep in the dirt on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds, including a pair of cannons from the 1870s. The March 27 discovery of a rusty and decayed ...
At the end of the First World War, North Vancouver held several war trophies in commemoration of the efforts of our veterans in the war. The trophies included two captured German 77 mm field guns, and ...